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Saints of 25 July

49 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 25 July, with short facts.

Saints (18)

  • St. Christopher Born: at Canaan as Offero. Died: martyred c.251 Name Meaning Christ-bearer. Patronage: against bad dreams, epileptics; against epilepsy, against floods, against hailstorms, against lightning, against pestilence, against storms, against sudden death, and others.
  • St. Bantu of Trier Also called Bantus.
  • St. Beatus of Trier Also called Béat.
  • St. Cugat del Valles Born: North Africa. Died: beheaded in 304 near Barcelona, Spain.
  • St. Ebrulfus Born: Beauvais, France. Died: c.600. Also called Ebrulf, Evrou, Evroult.
  • St. Euphrasia Born: 380. Died: 420. Also called Eufrasia, Eupraxia. Also kept on 24 July in some calendars.
  • St. Fagildo of Santiago Died: 1086. Also called Fagildus.
  • St. Felix of Furcona Died: 235 at Furcona, Italy.
  • St. Florentius of Furcona Died: 235 at Furcona, Italy.
  • St. Glodesind of Metz Died: c.608.
  • St. James the Greater Died: stabbed. Patronage: against arthritis or rheumatism, apothecaries, druggists or pharmacists, arthritis and rheumatism sufferers, blacksmiths, equestrians, horsemen, riders, furriers, knights, laborers, and others.
  • St. Magnericus of Trier Born: c.520. Died: 25 July 596. Also called Magnerich, Magnerico, Magnerik, Meinrich.
  • St. María del Carmen Sallés Barangueras Born: 9 April 1848 in Vic, Barcelona, Spain. Died: 25 July 1911 in Madrid, Spain. Canonized: 21 October 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI. Also called Carmen of Jesus.
  • St. Mordeyren Died: turf around his chapel was cut and used as a cure for livestock diseases until at least 1699. Patronage: Nantglyn, Wales.
  • St. Nissen of Wexford
  • St. Olympiad of Constantinople Born: Constantinople. Died: 408 at Nicomedia, Bithynia (in modern Turkey). Also called Olympias.
  • St. Paul of Palestine Died: beheaded in 308 in Palestine.
  • St. Theodemir of Cordoba Died: 851 in Cordoba, Spain. Also called Teodemiro.

Blessed (14)

  • Blessed Alexius Worstius Died: 1679 in Teplice (in the modern Czech Republic).
  • Blessed Antonio Lucci Born: 2 August 1681 in Agnone, Isernia. Died: 25 July 1752 in Bovino, Foggia, Italy. Beatified: 18 June 1989 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Angelo Nicola Lucci.
  • Blessed Antonio of Olmedo
  • Blessed Darío Acosta Zurita Born: 14 December 1908 in Naolinco, Veracruz, Mexico. Died: shot 25 July 1931 in his parish church in Puerto de Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico. Beatified: 20 November 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI.
  • Blessed Dionisio Pamplona-Polo Born: 11 October 1868 in Calamocha, Teruel, Spain. Died: 25 July 1936 in Monzón, Huesca, Spain. Beatified: 1 October 1995 by Pope Saint John Paul II. Also called Dionisio of Saint Barnabas.
  • Blessed Giacomo Brunforte of Falerone Born: 13th century Ascoli Piceno, Italy. Died: 1308 in Mogliano, Macerata, Italy.
  • Blessed Jaume Vendrell Olivella Born: 29 June 1878 in San Esteve d'Ordal, Barcelona, Spain. Died: 25 July 1936 in Gelida, Barcelona, Spain. Beatified: 13 October 2013 by Pope Francis. Also called Brother Bernat.
  • Blessed John Soreth Born: c.1420 at Caen, Normandy, France. Died: 1471 at Angers, France. Beatified: 1865 by Pope Pius IX (cultus confirmed).
  • Blessed Josep Garriga Ferrer Born: 13 March 1872 in Cabra del Camp, Tarragona, Spain. Died: 25 July 1936 in Reus, Tarragona, Spain. Beatified: 13 October 2013 by Pope Francis.
  • Blessed Manuel Vázquez Alfalla Born: 15 July 1863 in Motril, Granada, Spain. Died: shot on 25 July 1936 in Motril, Granada, Spain.
  • Blessed Michel-Louis Brulard Born: 11 June 1758 in Chartres, Eure-et-Loir, France. Died: starved to death on 25 July 1794 aboard the prison ship Deux-Associés. Beatified: 1 October 1995 by Pope Saint John Paul II.
  • Blessed Mieczyslawa Kowalska Born: 1902 in Warsaw, Poland. Died: the night of 25 July 1941 in the prison camp at Dzialdowo, Warminsko-Mazurskie, Poland. Beatified: 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Maria Teresa of the Child Jesus and Maria Teresa Kowalska.
  • Blessed Miquel Peiro Victori Born: 7 February 1887 in Ayguafreda, Barcelona, Spain. Died: 25 July 1936 in Barcelona, Spain. Beatified: 28 October 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI.
  • Blessed Pietro Corradini of Mogliano Born: 1435 in Mogliano, Macerata, Italy. Died: during the night of 24 to 25 July 1490 near Fermo, Italy. Beatified: 10 August 1760 by Pope Clement XIII.

Martyr groups (7)

  • Martyred in the Spanish Civil War Also kept on 6 April, 20 May, 22 May, 26 July, and 92 other days in some calendars.
  • Martyrs of Caesarea Died: 309 in Caesarea, Palestine.
  • Martyrs of Cuncolim Died: Monday 25 July 1583 at the village of Cuncolim. Beatified: 30 April 1893 by Pope Leo XIII. Also called Martyrs of Salsete.
  • Martyrs of Furci
  • Martyrs of Motril Died: shot on 25 July 1936 in Motril, Granada, Spain. Beatified: 7 March 1999 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Martyrs of Granada.
  • Martyrs of Toledo Died: 25 July 1936 in Talavera de la Reina, Toledo, Spain. Beatified: 25 October 1992 by Pope John Paul II.
  • Martyrs of Urda Died: shot on 25 July 1936 in Urdá, Toledo, Spain. Beatified: 1 October 1989 by Pope John Paul II.

Other (10)

  • Anthony Francisco
  • Boniface of Rome
  • Colman of Uí Liatháin
  • Cyndeyrn ap Cyngar
  • Eugenia of San Callisto
  • Francis Aranha
  • John Agnus of Tongeren-Maastricht
  • Macarius of Oujensk
  • Peter Berno
  • Peter de Avedano

This list combines the Vatican News “Saint of the day” pages with a long-form calendar of saints, blessed, and feasts (credited on our Resources page). Calendars differ, so a note marks each place the sources disagree. This is not the General Roman Calendar. Resources · Sources & method

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